A woman who has just been vaccinated gives a thumbs up in California. | Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram/Getty Images

More Americans than ever are willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, but a partisan divide remains.

The United States’ vaccination rate has been increasing — and as of Saturday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 16.7 percent of US adults are fully vaccinated.

That’s still far from the 75 to 85 percent of Americans experts estimate need to be vaccinated in order to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, but recent research indicates that goal is within reach: a February survey by the Pew Research Center found 69 percent of American adults either have received at least one dose of vaccine — or intend to be vaccinated.

That’s an improvement over recent